Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram

Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram ( born June 10, 1905 in Megathur, British India; † 28 August 1998) was Bishop of Tanjore.

Life

Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram received on 24 February 1941, the sacrament of Holy Orders.

On February 4, 1953, he was named by Pope Pius XII. Bishop of Tanjore. The Archbishop of Madras - Mylapore, Louis Mathias SDB, gave him on 19 March of the same year the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Bangalore, Thomas Pothacamury, and the Bishop of Tiruchirappalli, James Mendonça.

Bishop Sundaram advocated particularly for the expansion of the shrine Velankanni and the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health. He founded the Our ​​Lady of Health Hospital.

On September 12, 1986, Pope John Paul II accepted the argument put forward by Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram resignation for reasons of age.